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Student newSpaper of the univerSity of Southern California SinCe 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | vol. 178, no. 38 | wednesday march 13, 2013
InDEX 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 9 · Crossword 9 · Sudoku 12 · Sports
Flying high: Catch Me if you
Can follows the adventures
of a real-life con. PAGE 5
Final act: uSC men’s
basketball prepares for the
pac-12 tournament. PAGE 12
uSG
By theodore yuan
daily trojan
Undergraduate Student
Government passed a resolution
Tuesday night that will add a
new assembly with a focus on
environmental issues into Program
Board.
The resolution, drafted by
Residential Senator Sona Shah,
Assistant Director of the Political
Student Assembly Justin Bogda and
the Director of university affairs
and USG President-elect Christian
Senate
votes to
go green
The Green Student Assembly
will be the ninth assembly
on USG’s Program Board.
| see GrEEn, page 2 |
CaMpuS
By jordyn holman
daily trojan
A panel of students, faculty and
staff Tuesday offered solutions to
improving the on-campus bike
lanes, but did not reach any definite
solutions.
The event was part of the Office
of Campus Activities’ monthly
Campus Conversation series
held at the Ronald Tutor Campus
Center Room 450. The panel was
moderated by Associate Senior
Vice President of the Career and
Protective Services Charlie Lane
and drew a crowd of approximately
20 students.
The panelists, including
student leaders and faculty and
Dept. of Public Safety members,
evaluated the effectiveness of the
bike lanes. The bike lanes, which
are a joint project by USC Student
Affairs and the Undergraduate
Student Government, were added
on Trousdale Parkway at the
beginning of the fall 2012 semester.
The lanes stretch from McClintock
to 34th streets, and are enforced
Monday through Friday from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. In a given day, there
are approximately 12,000 bikes on
campus, Lane said.
Alison Kendall, the principal
architect of Kendall Planning +
Design, the firm hired by USC, to
assess possible solutions to bike
collisions and parking problems,
said bike lanes increase campus
safety by regulate biker traffic.
“By providing a bike circulation
and master plan on campus, we
will be able to prevent many bike
conflicts,” Kendall said. “Most
cyclists on campus have never used
a bike before coming to USC — that
Students, faculty discuss
bike lanes, future plans
The bike lanes, which were
installed in fall 2012, guide
about 12,000 bikers each day.
| see BIkE, page 3 |
rachel Bracker | Daily Trojan
Safety first · A student rides on Childs Way in the early afternoon.
Some students and faculty want to expand the bike lanes around campus.
univerSty
By christina schoellkopf
daily trojan
Many of USC’s graduate
schools have the most prominent
academic schools and programs
in their field, according to the
U.S. News & World Report ’s 2014
ranking, released Tuesday.
Several USC schools and
programs were ranked among the
top-10 schools. The report ranks
both individual programs and
schools nationally.
Both the Division of
Biokinesiology and Physical
Therapy and the Division of
Occupational Science and
Occupational Therapy held
onto their No. 1 rankings. The
Division of Biokinesology and
Physical Therapy has held this
spot since 2004. The Division
of Occupational Science and
Occupational Therapy has been
No. 1 for 11 of the last 15 years.
The university’s medical
programs were also recognized.
The School of Pharmacy was
ranked No. 10 and the Keck
School of Medicine jumped up
three places to No. 31.
The Price School of Public
Policy received a No. 6 ranking
among other schools with
programs focused on public
affairs. The Viterbi School of
Engineering was ranked at No. 9.
Four additional graduate
schools also made the report’s
top 20: the School of Social Work
at No. 11, the Rossier School of
Education at No. 17, the Gould
School of Law at No. 18 and
the Viterbi’s Department of
Computer Science Ph.D. program
at No. 20.
USC also ranked in programs
including earth sciences,
business, fine arts, English
literature, psychology, biological
sciences and economics.
Though The Hollywood
Reporter ranked the School of
Cinematic Arts as No. 1 among
other film schools in the country
in 2012, the U.S. News & World
Report ranking did not evaluate
the school.
The report annually
evaluates graduate programs
in only business, law, medicine,
engineering and education. This
year, the report began ranking
social sciences and humanities
and library and information
studies graduate programs,
according to U.S. News & World
Report.
Admission selectivity, job-placement
statistics and expert
opinions on the program are
weighed into the decision
ranking. More than 1,200
programs and nearly 15,000
academics and professionals
were surveyed for the data during
fall 2012 and early 2013.
Grad programs ranked
top 10 in US News report
Universities are ranked based
on admission selectivity and
job placement statistics.
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
Division of BIOKINESIOLOGY and
PHYSICAL THERAPY
Division of OCCUPATIONAL SCIENCE and
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Price School of PUBLIC POLICY
Viterbi School of ENGINEERING
School of PHARMACY
School of SOCIAL WORK
Rossier School of EDUCATION
1
1
6
9
10
11
17
Gould School of LAW
Viterbi’s Department COMPUTER SCIENCE
Keck School of MEDICINE
18
20
31
national ranKinGS
source: u.s. news & world report design by christina ellis

Student newSpaper of the univerSity of Southern California SinCe 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | vol. 178, no. 38 | wednesday march 13, 2013
InDEX 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 9 · Crossword 9 · Sudoku 12 · Sports
Flying high: Catch Me if you
Can follows the adventures
of a real-life con. PAGE 5
Final act: uSC men’s
basketball prepares for the
pac-12 tournament. PAGE 12
uSG
By theodore yuan
daily trojan
Undergraduate Student
Government passed a resolution
Tuesday night that will add a
new assembly with a focus on
environmental issues into Program
Board.
The resolution, drafted by
Residential Senator Sona Shah,
Assistant Director of the Political
Student Assembly Justin Bogda and
the Director of university affairs
and USG President-elect Christian
Senate
votes to
go green
The Green Student Assembly
will be the ninth assembly
on USG’s Program Board.
| see GrEEn, page 2 |
CaMpuS
By jordyn holman
daily trojan
A panel of students, faculty and
staff Tuesday offered solutions to
improving the on-campus bike
lanes, but did not reach any definite
solutions.
The event was part of the Office
of Campus Activities’ monthly
Campus Conversation series
held at the Ronald Tutor Campus
Center Room 450. The panel was
moderated by Associate Senior
Vice President of the Career and
Protective Services Charlie Lane
and drew a crowd of approximately
20 students.
The panelists, including
student leaders and faculty and
Dept. of Public Safety members,
evaluated the effectiveness of the
bike lanes. The bike lanes, which
are a joint project by USC Student
Affairs and the Undergraduate
Student Government, were added
on Trousdale Parkway at the
beginning of the fall 2012 semester.
The lanes stretch from McClintock
to 34th streets, and are enforced
Monday through Friday from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. In a given day, there
are approximately 12,000 bikes on
campus, Lane said.
Alison Kendall, the principal
architect of Kendall Planning +
Design, the firm hired by USC, to
assess possible solutions to bike
collisions and parking problems,
said bike lanes increase campus
safety by regulate biker traffic.
“By providing a bike circulation
and master plan on campus, we
will be able to prevent many bike
conflicts,” Kendall said. “Most
cyclists on campus have never used
a bike before coming to USC — that
Students, faculty discuss
bike lanes, future plans
The bike lanes, which were
installed in fall 2012, guide
about 12,000 bikers each day.
| see BIkE, page 3 |
rachel Bracker | Daily Trojan
Safety first · A student rides on Childs Way in the early afternoon.
Some students and faculty want to expand the bike lanes around campus.
univerSty
By christina schoellkopf
daily trojan
Many of USC’s graduate
schools have the most prominent
academic schools and programs
in their field, according to the
U.S. News & World Report ’s 2014
ranking, released Tuesday.
Several USC schools and
programs were ranked among the
top-10 schools. The report ranks
both individual programs and
schools nationally.
Both the Division of
Biokinesiology and Physical
Therapy and the Division of
Occupational Science and
Occupational Therapy held
onto their No. 1 rankings. The
Division of Biokinesology and
Physical Therapy has held this
spot since 2004. The Division
of Occupational Science and
Occupational Therapy has been
No. 1 for 11 of the last 15 years.
The university’s medical
programs were also recognized.
The School of Pharmacy was
ranked No. 10 and the Keck
School of Medicine jumped up
three places to No. 31.
The Price School of Public
Policy received a No. 6 ranking
among other schools with
programs focused on public
affairs. The Viterbi School of
Engineering was ranked at No. 9.
Four additional graduate
schools also made the report’s
top 20: the School of Social Work
at No. 11, the Rossier School of
Education at No. 17, the Gould
School of Law at No. 18 and
the Viterbi’s Department of
Computer Science Ph.D. program
at No. 20.
USC also ranked in programs
including earth sciences,
business, fine arts, English
literature, psychology, biological
sciences and economics.
Though The Hollywood
Reporter ranked the School of
Cinematic Arts as No. 1 among
other film schools in the country
in 2012, the U.S. News & World
Report ranking did not evaluate
the school.
The report annually
evaluates graduate programs
in only business, law, medicine,
engineering and education. This
year, the report began ranking
social sciences and humanities
and library and information
studies graduate programs,
according to U.S. News & World
Report.
Admission selectivity, job-placement
statistics and expert
opinions on the program are
weighed into the decision
ranking. More than 1,200
programs and nearly 15,000
academics and professionals
were surveyed for the data during
fall 2012 and early 2013.
Grad programs ranked
top 10 in US News report
Universities are ranked based
on admission selectivity and
job placement statistics.
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
Division of BIOKINESIOLOGY and
PHYSICAL THERAPY
Division of OCCUPATIONAL SCIENCE and
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Price School of PUBLIC POLICY
Viterbi School of ENGINEERING
School of PHARMACY
School of SOCIAL WORK
Rossier School of EDUCATION
1
1
6
9
10
11
17
Gould School of LAW
Viterbi’s Department COMPUTER SCIENCE
Keck School of MEDICINE
18
20
31
national ranKinGS
source: u.s. news & world report design by christina ellis